The forty-second day’s silence is broken by a curious surrender to geography: Saint George’s Town has passed from France, whose custodian BATAV lost the port, into Neutral hands. No battle concluded, no defence succeeded, and no fresh assault was queued; the harbour was simply left to contemplate its altered circumstances. TROP remains first upon the treasury leaderboard, holding 42 ports with neither rank nor count disturbed. No other leaderboard movement is reported, and the reals continue their steadfast refusal to rearrange the seating.